fellwort, felwort, feldwort

Bot.: The herb Baldmoney, a species of Gentian a, G. amarella . fell (2), *fel (2), *felle (2), s . [A. S. fel , fell ; cogn. with Dut. vel ; Icel. fell ; M. H. Ger. vel ; Lat. pell is ; Gr. pell a .] IMG:content-1522.png:[blocks in formation] 3. The hairy scalp in the human species. "My fell of hair Would at a dismal treatise rouse and stir As life were in 't." Shakesp.: Macbeth , v. 5. fěll (1), v . t . [FELL (2), s.] Sewing : To lay a seam or hem level with the cloth. " Felling the seams and whipping the frill." Barham: In golds by Legends; Aunt Fanny. [A. S. fell (2), *felle, *fell-en, *feoll-en, v . t. fell an , a causative form, from fall an , the orig. form of A. S. feallan to fall; cogn. with Dut. vellen; Dan. fælde ; Sw. fälla ; Icel. fella Ger. fällen ; O. Fris. fall a , fella ; O. H. Ger. fallian , fell an .] IMG:content-1523.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1524.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1525.png:[blocks in formation] "My young remembrance cannot parallel A fellow to it." Shakesp.: Macbeth , ii. 3. 7. A person, an individual. (Used familiarly.) *8. A servant, an attendant, a dependent. "Whose fellows are these?"- Shakesp .: Henry IV ., Pt. I., iv. 2. 9. A word of contempt; a worthle person; as, a mean fellow . "The Moor's abused by some most villainous knave, Some base notorious knave, some scurvy fellow ." Shakesp.: Othello , iv. 2. 10. A member of an incorporated society; as, a Fellow of the Royal Society [II. 1]. IMG:content-1526.png:[blocks in formation] councilor, fellow - countryman , fellow - creature , fel- low - guest , fellow - helper , fellow - laborer , fellow - man , fellow-prisoner, fellow-servant, fellow- subject , fel- low - traveler , fellow - worker . fellow-brute, s. A fellow-creature. fellow-commoner, s . "He cannot appropriate, he cannot inclose, without the Locke . consent of all his fellow-commoners, all mankind." - 2. Eng. Univ.: A commoner of the highest rank, who dines with the Fellows. IMG:content-1527.png:[blocks in formation] 3. To unite in. "Thou shalt not 4. To make a fellow; to a ociate. "Alle the Israel it is The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia fellowly *fel-low-lý, a. [FELLOW LIKE) Becoming a companion; sympathetic. ( Shakesp .: Temp. v.) fěl-lý, *fel-li, *fel-liche, adv . [Eng. fell , a.; -ly.] In a fell, cruel, savage, or barbarous manner. "He sat him felly down and gnawed his bitter nail." Thomson: Castle of Indolence , ii. 43.